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CFV Intramural Football from Faith Reynado on Vimeo. Tomorrow at 10AM, at Carpenteria State Park, we will be playing flag football with our friends from CrossFIt Ventura and CrossFit Pacific Coast. Please come and play if you are around! Today's WOD: Run 5k post times to comments.

Have a safe drive home everyone. There are a lot of cars on the road today. Enjoy the family time and the food. Today's Workout Back Squat 3-3-2-2-1-1 then max reps Handstand Pushups Post loads and numbers to comments:

(KJ and Danielle visit for some lunchtime fun) We will hold regular classes Wednesday, but will be closed for the long weekend Thursday-Sunday. If you would like to schedule an intro or class, I'll be around. Email or call me. I plan on using this time to get caught up on everything and enjoy a little turkey and football. If anyone is interested Thanksgiving Day may involve a run up La Cumbre Peak in the AM. Let me know. Today's WOD: "Tabata Something Else" 8 rounds work (20/10) consecutively… read more →

(Dave stopped laughing when he was visited by a certain CrossFit mascot clown) Today's workout is short and intense. You will probably hear me say that about nearly every WOD, but this lady has always held a special place in my heart. "Grace" is 30 reps for time of a 135lb clean and jerk. Just a few minutes of violent, controlled rage counts as a workout for an entire day. This means that those minutes may involve some serious oxygen debt, but intensity is the key to fitness. Feel free… read more →

Today from 12-2 PM UCSB ESS students, faculty, and alumni are having a rally at the RecCen to try to save to program. Due to budget cuts the ESS, or Exercise and Sport Studies, department is scheduled to be shut down after this year. I know that the ESS program was an important and fun part of my college experience, and ultimately the program yielded me a minor in fitness instruction, which is now what I do for a living. So show up and help support keeping the ESS department… read more →

Upcoming Events: CrossFit Pacific Coast: Saturday, June 19 CrossFit H20 CrossFit Ventura: Saturday, August 14, 2010 Central Coast Clash, We are growing as a community, not just within CrossFit Goodland; CrossFit is taking over the Central Coast! Here I will post updates and information pertaining to events and information from our other Central Coast Affiliates and friends. Ventura kicked things off nicely with their affiliate gathering and competition. Those three WODs will be engrained in my mind for a long time. It was a great event. Click here for video.… read more →

This is Eric Olsson's and my first attempt at a CrossFit Video. Many more where this came from. Thanks again to everyone who came and hung out. Many more where that came from too. Today's WOD "Nancy" 5 rounds for time: 400m run15 Overhead Squats 95lb/65lb

The front squat is performed by doing a full squat while holding the bar in a shoulder rack position. This position requires a large amount of shoulder and arm flexibility that can be challenging for beginners. The front squat is a great tool for developing core stability, as balancing the load requires tremendous activation in both abdominal and spinal musculature. The rack position is important to learn and master because it is a prerequisite to the "catch" in olympic lifting. You can't catch a bar you don't know how… read more →

(Strong enough to beat you up, fast enough to run you down. Miguel "No Bullshit" DeCoste.) There is no way that I can thank the athletes and friends who came to the opening gathering enough. You are all more than my friends, you are my family. I owe everything that I have and have accomplished to all of you. The community CrossFit fosters is absolutely incredible. Miguel says it best, "Man, CrossFit is just no bullshit." It's so true. CrossFit gives us the tools to strip away a lot of… read more →